Remaining Relevant: Historical Contributions, Civil-Military Challenges, and Anti-Submarine Warfare Capabilities on Coast Guard Cutters

Abstract

Since 1790, throughout both World Wars, Vietnam, and a majority of the Cold War, the Coast Guards major cutters relevantly contributed to United States naval warfare capacity. The post Cold War global security environment reinforced the Coast Guards relevance as a hybrid military-and-law enforcement service, sharing similarities with many navies throughout the globe. However, despite very recent recapitalization, Coast Guard major cutters, the mainstay of Coast Guard armed service relevance, are potentially less prepared for war than at any other time in service history due to the reemergence of long-term, strategic competition from revisionist powers such as Russia and China, and rogue regimes in North Korea and Iran.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2018
Accession Number
AD1052901

Entities

People

  • Brian A. Smicklas

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Antisubmarine Warfare
  • Boats
  • Civil War
  • Coast Guard
  • Congress
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Employment
  • Homeland Defense
  • Homeland Security
  • Law
  • Marine Transportation
  • Military Education
  • Military History
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Naval Operations
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • Personnel Management
  • Submarine Warfare
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Military Mobilization and Reserve Forces Studies.
  • Strategic Security Studies